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Croydon Council School; enlisted 24 Oct. 1914; and _d._ in Amarah Military Hospital, 26 Oct. 1915, while serving in the Persian Gulf, and was buried in the British Cemetery there; _unm._ =COLLINS, HENRY SILVESTER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4458, I.C. 238), 233478, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COLLINS, HERBERT CHARLES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25469 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =COLLINS, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5107), 199840, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =COLLINS, RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 9882, 1st Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of the late (--) Collins, and nephew of Mrs. Collins, of 7, Tower Street, Harrogate; _b._ Brentford, co. Middlesex, 24 May, 1885; enlisted in 1904, and after serving in the Northumberland Fusiliers for eight years, joined the East Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary in Sept. 1912. On the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, he was recalled to his regt. and went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 6 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Corpl. Collins had served with his regt. in India, and had taken part in some frontier fighting, for which he had a medal. He was one of the best shots in the regt. [Illustration: =Richard Collins.=] =COLLINS, SAMUEL=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 23622 (Dev.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COLLINS, STANLEY BERTRAM=, Naval Schoolmaster, M. 4740, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of William Collins, of 46, West Side, Wandsworth Commons, S.W.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =COLLINS, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 106440, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =COLLINS, WILLIE GEORGE=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1562), 115537, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =COLLISSON, CEDRIC HAZLEDINE=, Sergt., No. 16846, 7th Battn. (1st British Columbia Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Rev. Sydney Garbett Collisson, Vicar of Bradford-on-Avon, and Minor Canon of Bristol Cathedral, by his wife, Sophy (8, Westfield Park, Bristol), dau. of the Rev. William Hazledine, Vicar of The Temple Church; _b._ Bristol, 24 Aug. 1887; and was educ. Warminster Grammar School (1 Jan. 1898-July, 1906) and Bristol University. He entered the teaching profession, was a Lieut. in the Devon Territorials, and in 1910 proceeded to Canada, where he joined the staff of the University School at Victoria. There he was offered and accepted a Lieutenancy in the 88th Victoria Militia Regt., in which he served until the outbreak of the European War, obtaining his Captain's certificate. In order that he might at once proceed to England with the first Canadian Contingent, he resigned his commission and enlisted in the 7th Battn. British Columbia Regt., and was immediately promoted Sergt. He came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France in Feb. 1915, and was mortally wounded in action at Hill 60 on 24 April, 1915, and died two days later. He was _unm._ [Illustration: =Cedric Hazledine Collisson.=] =COLSON, WILLIAM JOHN=, Sergt., No. 6285, 1st Battn. (West Ontario Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Corpl. John Colson, R.F.A., by his wife, Ellen, dau. of George Weller, of Wilmington; _b._ Erith, co. Kent, 25 Nov. 1878; educ. Erith Board School; enlisted in the R.F.A. 1 Dec. 1896; served 16 years--seven years with the Colours and nine years with the Reserve--including four and a-half years abroad; obtained his discharge, 30 Nov. 1912; went to Canada, 30 Oct. 1913; was employed at Ford's Motor Works, Windsor, Ontario; on the outbreak of war joined in the West Ontario Regt., and was appointed Sergt.; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914, and was stationed at Bustard Camp, Salisbury, during the winter of 1914-15; went to the Front, 6 Feb. and was killed in action at Ypres, 24 April, 1915, when the Canadians so gallantly "saved the situation." He was buried in a grave with 16 others on the east side of the Ypres to Pilkem Road, near the shrine about 400 yards from where the pontoon bridge crosses the road. He _m._ at All Saints' Church, Belvedere, Kent, 5 Aug. 1905, Emily (32, Upper Grove Road, Belvedere, Kent), yst. dau. of Richard Spicer, of Belvedere, and had five children; Cyril Arthur, _b._ 27 March, 1906; Albert William, _b._ 10 April, 1913; Kathleen Adelaide, _b._ 13 Dec. 1907; Winifred Emily, _b._ 10 Aug. 1909; and Margaret Ellen, _b._ 21 July, 1911. [Illustration: =William John Colson.=] =BOWEN-COLTHURST, ROBERT MACGREGOR=, Capt., 4th (Special Reserve), attd. 1st, Battn. Leinster Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Robert Walter Travers Bowen-Colthurst, of Oak Grove, etc., J.P., by his wife, Georgina de Bellasis (Oak Grove, Killinardrish, co. Cork), only dau. of Alfred Greet, of Dripsey House, co. Cork, J.P.; _b._ Oak Grove, Killinardrish, co. Cork, 15 Sept. 1883; educ. Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and on leaving the latter in 1905 joined the staff of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, first as assistant private secretary, and later as vice-chamberlain, which post he held until 1912. He then undertook work in connection with the Irish Department of Agriculture, and later succeeded the Earl of Carrick as Inspector for Irish Agricultural interests in Great Britain, which post he held until the outbreak of war. Acting on his conviction that every man ought to be trained in time of peace for the defence of the country, he had joined the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. of the Leinsters in 1910, received his Lieutenancy, 12 March, 1912, and, volunteering for Imperial service, was gazetted Capt. 14 Aug. 1914. He went to the Front on 5 March, 1915, and was killed in action on the 15th of that month at St. Eloi. Lieut.-Col. C. B. Prowse, commanding 1st Leinster Regt., wrote: "The battn. had to retake some trenches which had been lost by another regt., and your husband bravely led his men and took and occupied the trench as he was ordered to. But early the following morning he was shot through the head over the parapet of a trench, and died, I hear, without pain |